Description
Solutions to increase trust and empower better decision making in a data-rich world
Fact Forward: The Perils of Bad Information and the Promise of a Data-Savvy Society explores how a growing deluge of data has led to a data-rich world with abundant new opportunities and a precipitous decline in trust due to the problems we face in producing, communicating, and consuming data. This book takes readers on a journey through the data ecosystem, showing how data producers, data consumers, and data disseminators all have a role to play in creating a more data-savvy society.
Written by Dan Gaylin, president and CEO of NORC at the University of Chicago, a leading research organization in the field of social science and data science, this book demonstrates the urgent need for:
- greater transparency on the part of data producers
- increased data literacy on the part of data communicators and data consumers
- a societal commitment to data education and infrastructure
Fact Forward: The Perils of Bad Information and the Promise of a Data-Savvy Society earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of leaders across industries and all individuals who want to build a better society and world by improving the way we present, analyze, and make use of data.
Table of Contents
About the Cover ix
Preface xi
Chapter 1 The Importance of Being Data Savvy 1
Chapter 2 Understanding the Data Ecosystem 21
Chapter 3 The Breadth of the Data Universe 41
Chapter 4 The Challenge of Data Integrity 65
Chapter 5 Data and Algorithmic Transparency 85
Chapter 6 The Paradox of Data Neutrality 105
Chapter 7 Fostering Data Literacy 131
Chapter 8 Standards and Privacy 155
Chapter 9 Public Data Infrastructure 169
Chapter 10 The Promise and Challenge of Artificial Intelligence 193
Chapter 11 The Data- Savvy Future 215
Notes 227
Acknowledgments 259
About the Author 261
Index 263
